A disturbing video has emerged showing a lamb born with human-like features in a Russian village.

The
lamb's head had the eyes, nose and mouth of a human and only the ears
were those of a sheep.

After
it was born, the lamb made a number of peculiar grunting noises as it
was nuzzled by its more usual looking mother.

It
was born in the village of Chirka, close to the Russian republic of
Dagestan.

Sheep
farmer Blasius Lavrentiev, 45, had been expectantly waiting all week
for his prized ewe to give birth

But
he had a nasty shock when saw the human-like creature as he was
hoping to sell the lambs.

He
said: 'We had quite a tough winter but when I noticed she was
pregnant I was delighted as it meant I would be able to sell the
lambs and start making some money again.

'But
when I went down to see how it was going I nearly died.'

Last
year, the Villalba family from Centro, north-western Argentinian
province of Salta, were accused of bestiality when one of their goats
gave birth to a calf with a 'human' head and the images were posted
on social media.

The
farming family were subjected to abuse and horrifying accusations by
superstitious locals when the images went viral.

The
family were bombarded with accusations that somebody among their
number had been having sex with their goat and had to strongly refute
the claims.